Our Problem Child

[ChooksinChoppers]

What do we do with her? Hatched May 28th. She is eating fine and drinking, just not growing! Her siblings are 4 times the size of her. We put the rowdiest ones out in the grow out pen and left her 3 "sisters" to keep her company in the brooder. She always wants to snuggle under them (unless it's the hottest part of the day) We put a lower perch in the pen attached to the brooder and she jumps up and down with the others just fine ... seriously lacking in feathers and size and she's a "battler" as we say in Australia and will stare down the others if they get sassy . What do we do when her sisters are too big and they have to go outside with the others? I can see me knitting her little sweaters when it gets cool

 

[All4Eggz]

Did you hatch those chicks from your flock?

It’s possible that she is the only bantam/bantam mix out of the bunch, therefore smaller and slower-growing than the rest.

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

Did you hatch those chicks from your flock?

It’s possible that she is the only bantam/bantam mix out of the bunch, therefore smaller and slower-growing than the rest.

Yes we hatched all of them at the same time from our Isabelle girls eggs

 

[All4Eggz]

Yes we hatched all of them at the same time from our Isabelle girls eggs

We’re the eggs pure? What other breeds do you have that could have possibly parented the chicks?